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replace
Overview of verb replace
The verb replace has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (26) replace -- (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected); "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced")
2. (22) supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede -- (take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school")
3. (10) substitute, replace -- (put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items; "the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt"; "substitute regular milk with fat-free milk")
4. (7) replace, put back -- (put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them")
Grep of noun replace
fireplace
open fireplace
replaceability
replacement
replacement cost
Antonyms of verb replace
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb replace
4 senses of replace
Sense 1
replace
=> regenerate, renew
=> re-create
=> make, create
Sense 2
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
=> succeed, come after, follow
Sense 3
substitute, replace
=> exchange, change, interchange
=> transfer
Sense 4
replace, put back
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb replace
4 senses of replace
Sense 1
replace
=> change, exchange, commute, convert
=> change
=> novate
Sense 2
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
=> substitute, deputize, deputise, step in
=> preempt, displace
=> usurp
=> oust
Sense 3
substitute, replace
=> shift
=> reduce
=> truncate
=> retool
=> subrogate
Sense 4
replace, put back
=> hang up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb replace
4 senses of replace
Sense 1
replace
=> regenerate, renew
Sense 2
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
=> succeed, come after, follow
Sense 3
substitute, replace
=> exchange, change, interchange
Sense 4
replace, put back
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
'Cause To' of verb replace
Derived Forms of verb replace
3 of 4 senses of replace
Sense 1
replace
RELATED TO>(noun) replacement#3
=> surrogate, alternate, replacement
RELATED TO>(noun) replacement#1
=> substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch
RELATED TO>(noun) replacement#4
=> substitute, replacement
RELATED TO>(noun) replacement#2
=> replacement, replacing
RELATED TO>(noun) replacing#1
=> replacement, replacing
Sense 2
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
RELATED TO>(noun) replacement#3
=> surrogate, alternate, replacement
RELATED TO>(noun) replacement#4
=> substitute, replacement
RELATED TO>(noun) replacement#2
=> replacement, replacing
RELATED TO>(noun) replacing#1
=> replacement, replacing
Sense 3
substitute, replace
RELATED TO>(noun) replacement#2
=> replacement, replacing
Domain of verb replace
Domain Terms of verb replace
Familiarity of verb replace
replace used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb replace
4 senses of replace
Sense 1
replace
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something with something
Sense 2
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
substitute, replace
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
*> Somebody ----s something with something
Sense 4
replace, put back
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb replace
4 senses of replace
Sense 1
replace
> regenerate, renew
=> replace
=> refurbish, renovate, freshen up
=> revamp
=> retread, remold, remould
=> renovate, restitute
=> refresh, freshen
=> revitalize, revitalise
=> regenerate, restore, rejuvenate
=> overhaul, modernize, modernise
=> restore, reconstruct
Sense 2
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
> succeed, come after, follow
=> accede, enter
=> supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
Sense 3
substitute, replace
> exchange, change, interchange
=> sell
=> cash, cash in
=> ransom, redeem
=> redeem
=> substitute, replace
=> substitute, sub, stand in, fill in
=> trade, swap, swop, switch
=> barter
=> trade, trade in
Sense 4
replace, put back
> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
=> docket
=> cock
=> postpose
=> prepose
=> step
=> replace, put back
=> stratify
=> plant
=> intersperse
=> nestle, snuggle
=> pile
=> arrange, set up
=> superimpose, superpose, lay over
=> superpose
=> park
=> ensconce, settle
=> emplace
=> emplace
=> ship
=> underlay
=> trench
=> pigeonhole
=> shelve
=> jar
=> repose
=> stick, put forward
=> sign
=> middle
=> parallelize
=> butt
=> recess
=> reposition
=> throw, thrust
=> tee, tee up
=> rack up
=> coffin
=> bed
=> appose
=> set down, put down, place down
=> sow, sough, seed
=> misplace
=> juxtapose
=> set down
=> bottle
=> bucket
=> barrel
=> ground
=> pillow, rest
=> misplace, mislay, lose
=> upend
=> seat, sit, sit down
=> lay, put down, repose
=> stand, stand up, place upright
=> recline
=> plant, set
=> install, instal, put in, set up
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
=> ladle
=> poise
=> lean
=> clap
=> rest
=> perch
=> load
=> cram
=> set
=> siphon
=> position
=> glycerolize, glycerolise
=> space
=> marshal
=> settle, settle down
=> throw
=> imbricate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb replace
Sense 1
replace
=> regenerate, renew
Sense 2
supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
=> succeed, come after, follow
Sense 4
replace, put back
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
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Sense 3
substitute, replace
=> exchange, change, interchange
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Grep of verb replace
replace
Grep of adj replace
replaceable
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